Help language development. Donate to The Perl Foundation

App::Prove6 cpan:LEONT last updated on 2022-10-02

NAME

prove6 - Run tests through a TAP harness.

USAGE

prove6 [options] [files or directories]

Boolean options

-v	--verbose	Print all test lines.
-l	--lib	Add 'lib' to the path for your tests (-Ilib).
	--shuffle	Run the tests in random order.
	--ignore-exit	Ignore exit status from test scripts.
	--reverse	Run the tests in reverse order.
-q	--quiet	Suppress some test output while running tests.
-Q	--QUIET	Only print summary results.
	--timer	Print elapsed time after each test.
	--trap	Trap Ctrl-C and print summary on interrupt.
	--help	Display this help
	--version	Display the version

Options with arguments

-I	--incdir	Library paths to include.
-e	--exec	Interpreter to run the tests ('' for compiled tests.)
	--ext	Set the extensions for tests (default <t rakutest t6>)
	--harness	Define test harness to use. See TAP::Harness.
	--reporter	Result reporter to use.
-j	--jobs	Run N test jobs in parallel (try 9.)
	--cwd	Run in certain directory
	--err=stderr	Direct the test's $*ERR to the harness' $*ERR.
	--err=ignore	Ignore test scripts' $*ERR.

NOTES

Default Test Directory

If no files or directories are supplied, prove6 looks for all files matching the pattern *.{t,t6,rakutest} under the directory t.

Colored Test Output

Colored test output is the default, but if output is not to a terminal, color is disabled.

Color support requires Terminal::ANSIColor on Unix-like platforms. If the necessary module is not installed colored output will not be available.

Exit Code

If the tests fail prove6 will exit with non-zero status.

-e

Normally you can just pass a list of Raku tests and the harness will know how to execute them. However, if your tests are not written in Raku or if you want all tests invoked exactly the same way, use the -e switch:

prove6 -e='/usr/bin/ruby -w' t/
prove6 -e='/usr/bin/perl -Tw -mstrict -Ilib' t/
prove6 -e='/path/to/my/customer/exec'

--err

• --err=stderr

  Direct the test's $ERR to the harness' $ERR.

  This is the default behavior.

• --err=ignore

  Ignore the test script' $*ERR

--trap

The --trap option will attempt to trap SIGINT (Ctrl-C) during a test run and display the test summary even if the run is interrupted

$*REPO

prove6 introduces a separation between "options passed to the raku which runs prove6" and "options passed to the raku which runs tests"; this distinction is by design. Thus the raku which is running a test starts with the default $*REPO. Additional library directories can be added via the RAKULIB environment variable or via the -Ilib option to prove6.